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Designation: D 870 – 02
Standard Practice for
Testing Water Resistance of Coatings Using Water Immersion1 This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 870; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope D 1193 Specification for Reagent Water4
1.1 This practice covers the basic principles and operating D 1654 Test Method for Evaluation of Painted or Coated procedures for testing water resistance of coatings by the Specimens Subjected to Corrosive Environment2 partial or complete immersion of coated specimens in distilled D 1730 Practices for Preparation of Aluminum and or de-mineralized water at ambient or elevated temperatures. Aluminum-Alloy Surfaces for Painting5 Although the apparatus and procedure could be employed in D 1735 Practice for Testing Water Resistance of Coatings immersion tests using solutions of various materials in water, Using Water Fog Apparatus2 this practice is limited to tests in water alone. D 2247 Practice for Testing Water Resistance of Coatings in 1.2 This practice is limited to the methods of obtaining, 100 % Relative Humidity2 measuring, and controlling the conditions and procedures of D 2616 Test Method for Evaluation of Visual Color Differ- water immersion tests. It does not specify specimen prepara- ence with a Gray Scale2 tion, specific test conditions, or evaluation of results. D 3359 Test Methods for Measuring Adhesion by Tape
iTeh Standards NOTE 1—Alternative practices for testing the water resistance of coatings include Practices D 1735, D 2247, and D 4585. Test2 D 3363 Test Method for Film Hardness by Pencil Test2 D 4541 Test Method for Pull-Off Strength of Coatings
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1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the Using Portable Adhesion Testers3 parentheses are for information D 4585 Practice for Testing Water Resistance of Coatings only. 1.4 This standard does not purportDocument to address all of the Preview safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the 3. Summary of Practice Using Controlled Condensation2
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro- 3.1 Coated specimens are partially or wholly immersed in priate safety and health practices and determine the ASTM applica- D870-02 water in a container that is resistant to corrosion. The exposure https://standards.iteh.ai/catalog/standards/sist/36e4f796-9b62-4c52-bc4a-f6460c904116/astm-d870-02 bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. conditions are varied by selecting: (a) the temperature of the water, and (b) the duration of the test. Water permeates the 2. Referenced Documents coating at rates that are dependent upon the characteristics of 2.1 ASTM Standards: the coating and upon the temperature of the water. Any effects D 609 Practice for Preparation of Cold-Rolled Steel Panels such as color change, blistering, loss of adhesion, softening, or for Testing Paint, Varnish, Conversion Coatings, and embrittlement are observed and reported. Related Coating Products2 D 610 Test Method for Evaluating Degree of Rusting on 4. Significance and Use Painted Steel Surfaces3 4.1 Immersion in water can cause the degradation of coat- D 714 Test Method for Evaluating Degree of Blistering of ings. Knowledge on how a coating resists water immersion is Paints2 helpful in predicting its service life. Failure in a water D 823 Practices for Producing Films of Uniform Thickness immersion test may be caused by a number of factors including of Paint, Varnish, and Related Products on Test Panels2 a deficiency in the coating itself, contamination of the sub- strate, or inadequate surface preparation. The test is therefore 1 This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D01 on Paint and useful for evaluating coatings alone or complete coating Related Coatings, Materials, and Applications and is the direct responsibility of systems. Subcommittee D01.27 on Accelerated Testing. Current edition approved Aug. 10, 2002. Published October 2002. Originally published as D 870 – 46 T. Last previous edition D 870 – 97. 2 4 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 06.01. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 11.01. 3 5 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 06.02. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 02.05.
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